Here's everything you need to know about betting on the Super Bowl Gatorade color, including pregame odds for every color and history of the tradition.
Among the myriad of non-football betting options available for Super Bowl 60 between the Seahawks and Patriots, the color of the Gatorade dumped on the winning coach is up there with the most popular.
The tradition of dumping Gatorade over the winning team's head coach dates back more than 35 years and emerged as a betting option in 2006. Its popularity increased with the overturn of PASPA in 2018 when mobile sports betting became legal.
Super Bowl Gatorade Color Odds
Odds via FanDuel
| Gatorade Color | Times | Imp. Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Orange | +230 | 30.3% |
| Yellow/Lime or Green | +250 | 28.57% |
| Blue | +270 | 27.03% |
| Purple | +750 | 11.76% |
| Water/Clear | +1000 | 9.09% |
| Red/Pink | +1200 | 7.69% |
When Super Bowl 60 ends on Sunday night, either Mike Macdonald or Mike Vrabel will likely have a bucket filled with Gatorade dumped over their head.
The current betting favorite to be the color of the Gatorade is orange at +230 odds. There are three colors bunched at the top of the odds board, with yellow/lime or green coming in at +250 odds, and blue at +270 odds.
Next up is purple at +750 odds. Water or clear liquid is +1000 odds, and bringing up the rear is red/pink at +1200 to be the color of the Gatorade dumped over either Macdonald or Vrabel at the end of Super Bowl 60.
Super Bowl Gatorade Color History
| Gatorade Color | Times | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Orange | 5 | 20% |
| Water/Clear | 4 | 16% |
| None | 4 | 16% |
| Blue | 4 | 16% |
| Purple | 4 | 16% |
| Yellow | 4 | 12% |
| Red/Pink | 0 | 0% |
The history of the Gatorade dump goes back more than 35 years, and the color chosen has actually been incredibly spread out over that history.
Based on data over just this century, orange is the most frequent color we see dumped on the winning coach at the Super Bowl, with five such instances since 2001.
This is despite the fact that we haven't seen orange dumped over the winning coach since 2020, when the Chiefs doused Andy Reid.
Since then, we've seen purple jump up with two straight in 2023 (Chiefs) and 2024 (against Chiefs). The Rams and Bucs doused Sean McVay and Bruce Arians with blue in 2022 and 2021, respectively, and last year, we saw Eagles coach Nick Sirianni doused with yellow Gatorade.
All of those recent results have certainly muddied the numbers up to the point where there's no obvious trend. Orange is still up top with five of the last 25, while water/clear, none, blue, purple, and yellow all have four.
Super Bowl Gatorade Color By Year
Here's a breakdown of each color by year so you can see the last time each one was used:
- Orange: 5 (2020 Chiefs, 2016 Broncos, 2014 Seahawks, 2011 Packers, 2010 Saints)
- Water/Clear: 4 (2008 Giants, 2007 Colts, 2006 Steelers, 2005 Patriots)
- None: 4 (2017 Patriots, 2013 Ravens, 2004 Patriots, 2002 Patriots)
- Blue: 4 (2022 Rams, 2021 Buccaneers, 2019 Patriots, 2015 Patriots)
- Purple: 4 (2024 Chiefs, 2023 Chiefs, 2020 Chiefs, 2015 Patriots)
- Yellow: 4 (2025 Eagles, 2018 Eagles, 2009 Steelers, 2001 Ravens)
| Year | Winners | Color |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Eagles | Yellow |
| 2024 | Chiefs | Purple |
| 2023 | Chiefs | Purple |
| 2022 | Rams | Blue |
| 2021 | Buccaneers | Blue |
| 2020 | Chiefs | Orange |
| 2019 | Patriots | Blue |
| 2018 | Eagles | Yellow |
| 2017 | Patriots | None |
| 2016 | Broncos | Orange |
| 2015 | Patriots | Blue |
| 2014 | Seahawks | Orange |
| 2013 | Ravens | None |
| 2012 | Giants | Purple |
| 2011 | Packers | Orange |
| 2010 | Saints | Orange |
| 2009 | Steelers | Yellow |
| 2008 | Giants | Clear |
| 2007 | Colts | Clear |
| 2006 | Steelers | Clear |
| 2005 | Patriots | Clear |
| 2004 | Patriots | None |
| 2003 | Buccaneers | Purple |
| 2002 | Patriots | None |
| 2001 | Ravens | Yellow |
Is There Any Correlation Between a Team's Colors and the Color of the Gatorade?
It's not uncommon for people to look for a correlation between Gatorade colors and the primary colors of the Super Bowl participants.
The last time a Gatorade color matched one of the winning team's primary colors was in 2022, when the Rams dumped blue Gatorade over Sean McVay.
Other matches include the 2016 Broncos (orange), 2009 Steelers (yellow), and the 2015 and 2019 Patriots (blue).
However, since 2001 and including teams that use both red and blue (like the Patriots and Giants), there have been 13 Super Bowl champions with red as one of their primary colors. But we have yet to see red as a Gatorade color dumped on a winning coach.
There's a good reason for this: The colors are randomized, and teams have no say over it.
According to a 2022 report from The Athleticciting a former Gatorade executive, nobody actually knows which color is going to be dumped on a coach's head until the moment it happens. That's because Gatorade choses which colors go on which sidelines, and there's not just one or two colors per sidelines, but a multitude of choices.
Thus, there's no way for anyone to set up a specific color ahead of time. Which bucket the players pick up to dump on their coach's head is anyone's guess.
Super Bowl 60 Gatorade Color Pick
I've just illustrated that the Gatorade color picked at the end of the game is entirely random, but what would I be if I weren't going to give a pick myself?
There's simply nothing more intoxicating than having everyone focused on the team just crowned champion of football while you are instead focused on that Gatorade bucket.
The fact that the Patriots and Seahawks have both been in multiple Super Bowls this century makes this extra fun, as there will undoubtedly be people studying what colors got dumped in the years these teams played for some sort of foolishly preconceived edge.
For example, you may have noticed that of the four "none" selections this century, three of them were Patriots teams.
What does this mean? Well, nothing, of course.
All this is to say that my best way of betting the Gatorade is to go with the longest odds — excluding red and none. None seems like it's a matter of happenstance — last second finishes, cold weather games, etc.
As for red, I have no reason to believe it's even an included color and there maybe be a good reason for that. Red stains in a noticeable way, and Gatorade likely doesn't want the winning coach up on the podium holding up the Lombardi Trophy looking like he's covered in blood.
That leaves purple at +750, and that's my pick. But remember, these odds are going to vary by book and change throughout the week, so my advice to you is to bet whichever color has the longest odds at your book of choice — just excluding none and red.
